Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 17941, Eleazer Gaylord, Conn.

SERVICE
Conn.
NUMBER _____
117941
Taylora, Eleanor Sylvia
CONTENTS

Connecticut
Sylvia Gaylord
widow of
Eleazer Gaylord, decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died in 1817-
of Hartford Co in the State of Ct.
who was a priv. in the Co
commanded by Captain Robinson of the Regt
commanded by Col. Dyer in the Conn. State
troops for 7 mos. & 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 24 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of May 1839 and sent to E. Charlton East Windsor Hill, Ct.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1839. $73.98
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept $12.33
$86.31
{ Act July 7, 1838. }
Recorded by M c Heteat Clerk, Book Vol. 1 Page 182

Declaration State of Connecticut } S th Hartford County } Windsor
On this 25 th day of October 1838 personally appeared before the Court of Probate for the district of East Windsor in said County and State aforesaid Sylvia Gaylord a resident of said town of Windsor aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled an act granting half pay, and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the Widow of Ebenezer Gaylord, late of said Windsor who served as a private Soldier in the army of the Revolution That he enlisted in said Windsor the forepart of May 1775, & went to Roxbury, & served under Captain Ephraim Robinson in May or Col d Roger Enos Regiment that he served her for more than seven months. And again; in August 1777, he was in Capt Jonathan Haddoweth's Company, & went up to Saratoga, and assisted in the capture of Genl Burgoyne; & was engaged she believes & has heard for a period of two months his friends assure her that he was out in two or three more cam- paigns, but she cannot find any body who served with him; or under what officers he served if she can find further proof, it shall be sent to the Commissioner of Pensions.

She further declares, that she was married to the said Elizer Gaylord, at Windsor aforesaid, by the Rev Mr Hinsdale then Pastor of the Congregational Church at said Windsor,
on the 24 th day of August Seventeen Hundred & Eighty. — And that her husband the aforesaid E. Gaylord died at said Windsor on the 17 th day of September A 1817, and she remains still his widow. ————— That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place, previous to the first of January 1894, viz at the time above stated, and that she still remains his Widow & has never again intermarried.
In presence of Eliza Denslow (William Barnes)
Sylvia her  Gaylord mark
Sworn to and Subscribed the day & year first named Before said Probate Court In testimony whereof, I Bezaleel Sexton Clerk of the Probate Court for the district of East Windsor County of Hart- ford and State aforesaid hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Sylvia Gaylord widow of Elizer Gaylord deceased for a pension. In witness whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the seal of said Court at East Windsor in Hartford County this 25 th day of October — A 1838. Bezaleel Sexton Clerk.

Rec d Mr Gaylord for Mrs Gaylord

West Hartland 30 th August 1838 I Nathaniel Gaylord of Hartland in the County of Hartford and State of Connecticut of lawful age depose and say that my late brother Eleazar Gaylord of Windsor deceased was at Roxbury at the time the Militia were called out in the year 1775 and after returning from Roxbury he again entered the Service and was in the Service for several years, (and I believe in the three years Service) and served untill he was legally discharged, and that Mrs Gaylord the widow of my said Brother Eleazar was married to him during the war. I believe about the year 1780, and further the deponent saith not—
Nathaniel Gaylord
State of Connecticut Hartford County } ss Hartland
On this 30 th day of August AD 1838 personally appeared before me Nathaniel Bosworth one of the Justices of the Peace for said Hartford County Rev. Nathaniel Gaylord a credible person and for upwards of Forty years has been Pastor of the Congrega- tional Church West Hartland who signed the foregoing Certificate in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me Nath l Bosworth Justice of the Peace

I Seth Peater a resident of Windsor in Hartford County Connecticut hereby depose and say that I was acquainted with Eleazer Gaylord of said town I was born & brought up in his immediate neighborhood and I am now near 62 years of age.
I have heard him tell very often of his having been in the American Army in  the  Revolutionary War.
I particularly recollect his statements respecting his being in the action at the taking of Burgoyne he stated that that part of the American line where he was engaged was rather a hollow or Ravine and that the British when they fired did not seem to take aim at any object but brought down their pieces & fired & almost continually over their heads.
That there was between the lines of the two armies a log House & several times a Soldier of the enemy would appear at one of its windows doors to fire upon them, & that he sharply watched the movement & when ever such object appeared he fired upon and in repeated instances after such discharge a man fell but whose ball it was that hit him he would not pretend to say.

I well know that the present Widow Sylvia Gaylord is the surviving Widow of the said Elazer Gaylord & that the said Gaylord died at said Windsor in the Month of September 1817: & the said Sylvia Gaylord, still remains his Widow & she has never again intermarried. I was present at the funeral of the said Elazer Gaylord.
Seth Dexter
Sworn & Subscribed before me Octr 13 D 1838. Before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of and for the State of Connecticut at Windsor in Hartford County & he the said Seth Dexter is a credible person well known to me.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name and affix my Seal of Office the day & year above named.
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public.

I Eleazer Gaylord, a resident of Amherst Mas- sachusetts, but now on a visit at Windsor in Hartford County Connecticut hereby depose & say that I am the son of Eleazer Gaylord formerly of said Windsor & now deceased. That I have often heard my said Father say, That he was out in the service in the year 1776 at New York, & Long Island I have heard him say that he served at New York under Capt Nathaniel Hayden, in Major Col Roger Newburys Battalion.
Eleazer Gaylord Sech Dobbler
And I well recollect that my said Father used to tell, many circumstances of the Battle at the taking of Burgoyne: He said at the Battle at Saratoga, The Adjutant came & called for one regim- ent, & then another, before it became their turn. I have heard him tell his feelings as he was advanc- ing into the action: That they met wounded & dying men, being brought from the field, when he was entering. That he felt far worse there than when he was in the hottest of the fight.
He said There was a horse between the two lines, filled with the enemy; & that he fired into that, a number of times.
He said that his gun became very hot in the action, He said that the Capt, Wadsworth, was shot in the bowels, mortally wounded, that he watched with him, & that

the Captain died in a few days.
I am well knowing to the fact, that he had a discharge, very handsomely written, dated in the year 1777, I recollect the form of the three sevens that the stems of one was short the next longer & the third longest the discharge was supposed to be of no use & he gave it to me when I was a school boy say 39 or 40 years & it was soon destroyed
I am well knowing to the fact, that the present widow Sylvia Gaylord, is the surviving widow of the late Eleazer Gaylord & that he died at said Windsor on the 17 th of September A 1817
Eleazer Gaylord
State of Connecticut Hartford County } S Windsor On this 25 th day of October A 1838 personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public of & for the State of Connecticut Eleazer Gaylord who has signed the foregoing deposition in my presence & he then and there made solemn oath to the truth of the same and he is a man of a character a credible & respectable man.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my seal of office at East Windsor this 25 th day of October A 1838
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public

Aug 24 1780 from Howard to Eleanor Gaylord Widow

Town Clerks Office Windsor Connecticut Hartford County August 21 AD 1838.
I hereby certify that upon examining the records of this Town, I find the marriage of Eleazer Gaylord to Silvia Clark, recorded in the words following
"Eleazer Gaylord and Silvia Clark both of Windsor were married August 24 1780,, Certified from the Records by W m Howard Town Clerk (Meaning twenty fourth day of August One thousand seven hundred and Eighty) State of Connecticut Hartford County S d Windsor August 21 1838
Personally appeared W m Howard who has subscribed his name to the above certificate and made oath that the facts stated in the above certificate are true before me the subscribing authority
State of Connecticut Hartford County S d Windsor And I certify that I am personally acquainted with W m Howard, that he is a credible witness and Town Clerk as above stated
- Windsor August 22 d 1838 Jesse Churchton Justice of the Peace

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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 17941
Sylvia Gaylord widow of Eleazer Gaylord Pri Rev Mass
Act: July 5th 88
Index:—Vol. 24 Page 264
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I hereby certify, that in the pay table Books remaining in this office & in the the files: the names of the Officers and men who served in the 3 d Company of the 2 nd Regiment raised for order of Genl Assembly Colly Connecticut May 1775, are found viz:
    M  D s .      Roger Eno Major May 1 July 1 —  2     Do as Lieut Col o July 1 Dec 10 —  5  9    Elizah Robinson Lt May 1 July 1      Capt from July 1 st to Dec 19 —  7  19     This company officers included contains one hundred red names And among this number Eleazer Gaylord is enlisted for service in said Company, as a private Soldier, from May 4 th to December 19 — 1775 —     M  days     7  12  
Dated at Hartford the 3 d day of October 1838, State of Connecticut Comptrollers Office.
Henry Kilbourn Compt
And I further certify, that Capt Jonathan Wads- worth appears in said Books in the following Man- ner viz:
Dr Captain Jonathan Wadsworth
   1777 June 16 th To order on Treasurer —  200  00    Aug — 27 So Do —  80     June 24 Contra      By his acct rendered for Balance —  200  00    78 Aug — 28 By diset with Charles Kellogg Paymaster —  80  00   
Henry Kilbourn Compt

And I further certify That there is in said books the following entry
Expense for Mohawk Regiment ordered into the State of New York August & September A.D. 1776. See page 21 now
1 st Major Roger Newberry Dols 1160 - \frac{21}{90} Life = 28 th
And Captain Nathaniel Hayden's services & credits appear in the following terms viz 1 Regiment to New York 1776 ordered into service Aug 11 th A.D. 1776
Major Roger Newberry Commanded
Date 1776 Dec 4 After 18 Entries is Capt Hayden Hospital expenses 2711 14 11 3/4
Henry Ralston Compt
Chas. G. Smith Comptroller

I Hurlbigh Haskell of Windsor in Hartford County Connecticut, do hereby depose & say,
That I was personally acquainted with and near neighbor to, Eleazer Gaylord late of Windsor, a now deceased, And that I have often heard him speak of being in the Service in the Revolutionary War; & particularly that of his being at the taking of Burgoyne, & respecting the Battles in which he was engaged in that campaign.
And that many years ago, when I was sporting & firing my gun; I wanted some bullets, on a particular occasion, & he gave me some, that he said he brought from the campaign at the taking of Burgoyne.
And I can further state that I was acquainted with the said Gaylord from my childhood & I am now fifty eight years old,
And the said Eleazer Gaylord, was a man of Respectability & would never pretend to any services which he had not performed.
The said Gaylord died twenty one years ago, & his widow is still living in our neighborhood.
I do not know of any man living in this town who was at the taking of Burgoyne.
Hurlbigh Haskell
State of Connecticut
Hartford County, To Windsor on this 25 th day of October A 1838, Personally appeared before me Jesse Charlton a Notary Public, of & for the State of Connecticut Hurlbigh Haskell Esq, a resident of said Windsor, a credible & respectable man who then & there subscribed the foregoing deposition before me made solemn Oath to the truth of the same
In testimony whereof

I do hereunto subscribe my name & affix my Seal of Office this 25 th day of October A 1838
Attest Jesse Charlton Notary Public
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Sylvia Gaylord Wid of Eliza
born
Oct 24, 1838
Memo 1780
died 1817
Allen Jan 12 died 1844 at home age 64 Coch R. H. H. Col Eng. Tenn State Hosp.
John H. H.
Real Mother Will
born

I, ROYAL B. HUNMAN , Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern,
Nathaniel Bosworth and Charlton Esqrs.
and for more than two months last past, have been Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State, to take the acknowledgment of oaths to certify the same; also to administer oaths to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificates thereof; and that full faith and credit may and ought to be given to the official acts and attestations of the said Bosworth & Charlton in Court and Country.
In testimony whereof, I have, in my capacity of Secretary as aforesaid, hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the 27th day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
And I certify that the signature of said Bosworth & Charlton hereto annexed are genuine.
Royal B. Hunman Secretary.